Broom hanger



Aug. 28, 1934. H. w. scHLossER BROOM HANGER Filed Feb. 18. 1955 hey;

UNITED ASTATES g N n 1,971,993

BROOM Henry W. Schlosser, Philadelphia,

Moore Push-Pin Co.,

HANGER Pa., assigner to Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application February 18, 1933, Serial No. 657,432

3 Claims. (Cl. 24-249) This invention relates to improvements in broom holders, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a holder of the stated character which shall be simple in form and capable of manufacture at a relatively low cost, and which shall also be highly efiicient in its intended function.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder of the stated character comprising im- 1 proved means for adapting the holder to various sizes of shafts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder adapted for use with a specific known form of support as hereinafter set forth.

In the attached drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a holder made in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view illustrating the mode of operation of the holder.

With reference to the drawing, a holder made in accordance with my invention, and in a preferred form, comprises a flat ring 1 having a slot y 2 at one side through which projects a clamping tongue 3. This tongue comprises an offset head j portion 4 having an angular recess in its forward edge, and the tongue has at its opposite end a slot 5 for reception of the looped end portion 6 of a strap '7, this strap preferably being formed in accordance with the principles set forth in j U. S. Patent No. 1,049,128. Intermediate its ends, the strap 7 is given a quarter turn, and its outer end is turned over to form an eye 8 for reception of a nail 9 or other suitable fastening medium. This form of holder is well known in the trade,

' and needs no further description herein.

In assembly, the nail 9 is driven into a wall or other supporting surface designated in Fig. 2 by the reference numeral 10, the strap 7 depending downwardly along the wall surface.

When the device is not in use, the tongue 3 depends freely from the loop 6, as shown in broken lines, while the ring 1 in turn depends freely from the tongue 3. When it is desired to insert the handle of a broom or other implement, the

ring 1 is elevated away from the wall surface to a substantially horizontal position and the end of the handle or shaft inserted from below. As the shaft is thrust upwardly through the ring,

;the tongue 4 turns upwardly and outwardly to permit the shaft to move freely through the ring, but when the elements are released, the parts assume the relative positions shown in Fig. 2, wherein the shaft 11 is clamped between the recessed edge of the tongue 4 and the opposite edge of the ring l. It is thus retained in a suspended position. Release of the shaft from the holder may be readily effected by elevating the ring 1 at its outer edge and either moving it inwardly toward the wall or otherwise, holding back the tongue 4 while the shaft is drawn downwardly from the ring.

The device lends itself readily to manufacture from sheet metal, the ring 1 andthe tongue 3 being shown in the present instance as simple stampings. The device is also readily assembled, in that the parts are suspended in series one from the other. The tongue 3 is passed through the slot 2 and the looped portion 6 inserted through the slot 5 of the tongue 3 and subsequently closed to complete the assembly. The invention provides an extremely simple and efficient device involving relatively low production cost.

One feature of importance resides in the utili- Zation ofthe particular support device designated by the reference character 7-9. This well known device is noted for its relatively great strength in almost any character of supporting structure to which it may be applied and is, therefore, Well suited as a supporting means for a hanger of this general character. It will be noted that the hanger is so formed as to require substantially no modification of the prior standard form of the support '7-9, and that the assembly maintains the simplicity of construction for which the said support has been noted. Y

It will be noted further that the device is selfaccommodating within reasonable limits to handles or shafts of differing diameters, the angularity of the head portion of the link 3 with respect to the plane of the ring varying with the diiering diameters.

I claim:

1. A hanger of the character set forth comprising a at ring element having a slot therein, a tongue projecting through said slot and having offset portions, one of said offset portions being enlarged to prevent retraction of the tongue from the slot and positioned to project inwardly towards the center of said ring, the other of said offset portions of the tongue having a slot for reception of a supporting member, and means for securing said member to a supporting strueture.

2. In a hanger of the stated character, the combination of a shaft-embracing ring, a locking tongue adjustable with respect to the ring and cooperative with the latter to clamp a shaft immovably Within the ring, and a support element of a securing element, a, tongue depending from said loop and having an offset head portion, and a ring depending from said tongue and cooperative with said head portion of the tongue to clamp a shaft inserted through the ring.

HENRY W. SCHLOSSER.

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